What
is construction safety?
Construction safety deals with safety methods to
follow in order to avoid accidents in construction field.
Health
and Safety Problems for Construction Workers:
Majority
of the health problems:
Ø Problems
occur from overload.
Ø Damages
due to repetitive responsibilities
Ø Functioning
in uncooperative positions.
Ø Exposure
to fungi or rodent droppings.
Ø Exposure
to paints, lead, wood dust, asbestos and toxic chemical solutions.
Ø Working
in extreme conditions like high temperatures
Ø Under
Ultra Violet radiations.
Ø Working
with hand tools, powered tools and heavy machinery tools.
Ø Excessive
vibration of hands, arms or body from powered tools.
Ø Extension
of work days, stress or Shift work hours.
Ø During
night, working in low lightening or poor visibility
Construction site safety materials:
- v Hard Hats
- v Safety Gloves
- v Safety Shoes
- v Safety Glasses & Goggles
- v Safety Earmuffs
- v Safety Masks
- v Safety Jackets
Hard Hats:
Hard Hats is one of the helmets.
Mostly used in workplace like industrial or construction place.
Uses:
Hard
Hats protect the head, eyes, and neck from any impacts, bumps, scrapes, and
electrical exposure
Safety Gloves:
Safety Gloves is a hand gloves. It is
used in Chemical labs, Constructions and Industrials working site.
Uses:
It is protects the hand from
Chemicals, electrical equipment’s, hot materials, oils and solvents.
Safety Shoes:
Safety
Shoes protects legs. It is normally used in Road & building construction,
electrical exposure, offices and extreme weather places.
Uses:
Safety
Shoes Chemicals, electrical cables & switches, oils and solvents
Safety Glasses & Goggles:
Safety
glasses is required where airborne
pollution is so high such as welding factories, biological labs Constructions
and Industrials working place.
Uses:
Safety
glasses protects the Eyes from Sun, highlighting sources and dusts.
Safety Earmuffs:
Ear
muffs is required where noise pollution is high like Factories, building
construction and machinery factories.
Uses:
Ear
muffs are used to protect the ears from the blistering cold, rain, and hail
Safety Masks:
Safety mask covers the face and it
basically used in Hospitals, building constructions, road construction and over
pollution working place.
Uses:
A
safety mask is a flexible pad held over the nose and mouth. It protects from drywall,
brick, wood, fiberglass, silica.
Safety Jackets:
Safety Jackets is High-visibility (HV)
clothing, a type of personal protective equipment (PPE). It is used in
construction, ships.
Uses:
It protects from dust, drywall, brick,
wood, fiberglass, silica and oils.
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